Theory of Knife Edge (Maximum Cutting) Re: modernize the tool industry by serrated cutting edges on nearly all tools so one never needs to sharpen
Phil (the Extreme One)
ki...@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry) finally admitted that:
>
> Also, have you considered that
> a serrated edge is just a series
> of straight edges? Adding tiny
> zigzags on the little zigzags on
> the big zigzags would create an
> infinitely jagged fractal. By your
> theory, a fractal edge would be
> the sharpest, and because the
> coastline of England is a fractal,
> England should have a dangerous
> edge, and it doesn't, although
> I urge you to prove me wrong by
> rubbing England all over your body.
I have been trying to sharpen one of my knives into a fractal blade, but
since the process is never-ending, I don't know when to stop. I think I can
accept either a Plutonium theory or a Kibo theory here. But I don't think
that Kurt Stock Claimer guy has any theories about fractal knife blades.
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Phil
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